Gender Equality Takes Supporting Both Women and Men, Says SCWO Chief
Women's dual roles at work and at home and men's contribution to caregiving should be recognised and encouraged, adds Singapore Council of Women?s Organisations CEO Koh Yan Ping.
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It?s International Women?s Day again, and beyond the discounts and promos, we weigh in on the meatier issues surrounding this annual occasion: celebrating the progress and achievements of women, recognising the gaps that still persist, and pushing for the advancement of women?s rights.
A longtime advocate for women and workers, Koh Yan Ping, CEO of the Singapore Council of Women?s Organisations (SCWO), recalls the going being tough when she first got involved in women?s development work more than ten years ago. ?It was not easy to be heard, and we were really pushing hard for gender mainstreaming in policymaking, for both private and public sectors,? she recounts.
Since then, there has been a steady rise in female labour force participation rate, from 57.7 per cent in 2012 to 64.2 per cent in 2021, while employment rates of women reached its highest at 76.2 per cent last year, Koh shares. Though there continues to be underlying issues and challenges women face, she continues, ?I am hopeful that the younger generation of girls and women can thrive in a society that embraces gender equity if we can all work together to realise the goals set out in the White Paper on Women?s Development.?...
The post Gender Equality Takes Supporting Both Women and Men, Says SCWO Chief appeared first on LUXUO.
It?s International Women?s Day again, and beyond the discounts and promos, we weigh in on the meatier issues surrounding this annual occasion: celebrating the progress and achievements of women, recognising the gaps that still persist, and pushing for the advancement of women?s rights.
A longtime advocate for women and workers, Koh Yan Ping, CEO of the Singapore Council of Women?s Organisations (SCWO), recalls the going being tough when she first got involved in women?s development work more than ten years ago. ?It was not easy to be heard, and we were really pushing hard for gender mainstreaming in policymaking, for both private and public sectors,? she recounts.
Since then, there has been a steady rise in female labour force participation rate, from 57.7 per cent in 2012 to 64.2 per cent in 2021, while employment rates of women reached its highest at 76.2 per cent last year, Koh shares. Though there continues to be underlying issues and challenges women face, she continues, ?I am hopeful that the younger generation of girls and women can thrive in a society that embraces gender equity if we can all work together to realise the goals set out in the White Paper on Women?s Development.?...
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